{"id":209065,"date":"2025-06-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.draft2digital.com\/blog\/?p=209065"},"modified":"2025-06-30T15:06:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T20:06:31","slug":"5-things-indie-authors-should-know-ep230","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draft2digital.com\/blog\/5-things-indie-authors-should-know-ep230\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things Indie Authors Should Know \/\/ EP230"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Draft2Digital\"><\/a>Episode Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Alessandra Torre joins us to take her experience as a bestselling author and conference organizer to talk about the 5 things indie authors should know.<\/p>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/a83090d1-7312-4a1f-9ed5-cc8f219d7f25\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"5 Things Indie Authors Should Know\" allow=\"autoplay\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"5 Things Indie Authors Should Know\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iR9rGO3SoY8?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"episode-notes\">Episode Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Alessandra Torre is a New York Times bestselling author who has sold more than 2M books and publishes romance under the name Alessandra Torre and domestic suspense under the name AR Torre. She is also the co-founder of Inkers Con, a digital conference for indie authors looking to progress their careers. Alessandra joins us to take her experience as a bestselling author and conference organizer to talk about the 5 things she thinks authors need to know.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\/\/Draft2Digital is where you start your Indie Author Career\/\/&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking for your path to self-publishing success? Draft2Digital is the leading ebook publisher and distributor worldwide. We\u2019ll convert your manuscript, distribute it online, and support you the whole way\u2014and we won\u2019t charge you a dime.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We take a small percentage of the royalties for each sale you make through us, so we only make money when you make money. 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